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WeTeach_CS Summit 2018

June 18-20, 2018 – Sheraton Austin Georgetown Hotel and Conference Center – Georgetown, TX

7:30am CDT

Breakfast San Gabriel Ballroom Registration FoyerAmy Carrell

8:45am CDT

Opening Session / The Graduate Student and the 3D-Printed Violin San Gabriel BallroomCarol L. Fletcher, Ph.D. • Sean Riley

9:45am CDT

15 Min. Break TBA

10:00am CDT

Building a CS Community of Practice Through Virtual Storytelling San Gabriel JHumberto Perez • Carl Settles Implementing Computer Science in Texas High Schools AMES Meeting RoomHal Speed Assistive Technology: Access for All San Gabriel GMelinda Wright Developmentally Appropriate Technology BELFORT Meeting RoomLynn Millard Google CS First: Your First Step to a Larger World San Gabriel DChristopher Evans Code.org's FREE Computer Science Fundamentals Courses San Gabriel CPhillip Eaglin FEATURED SPONSOR SESSION: Launch CS - How to Integrate Computational Thinking (The Right Way) San Gabriel HSarah Brewer, Ed.D. • Grant Smith Out of School Time Connections to Engage Students in Computer Science TAYLOR Meeting RoomKate Woodward Young #IBMCyberDay4Girls - Assets for CyberDay4Girls San Gabriel ABrittany Barnes • Ann Graham Drones San Gabriel KRebecca Poynter • Ron Poynter Panel: Student Competitions San Gabriel BRachel Decoste • Jerald Jolito • Joules Webb

11:00am CDT

15 Min. Break TBA

11:15am CDT

Lunch and Plenary Session - Innovative Technologies and Their Potential in Education San Gabriel BallroomMike Belcher • Carol L. Fletcher, Ph.D.

12:30pm CDT

15 Min. Break TBA

12:45pm CDT

Help Desk: CS Program Development San Gabriel JJoules Webb jGRASP - An IDE with Software Visualizations for Program Understanding San Gabriel CJames Cross WeTeach_CS Certification Prep TAYLOR Meeting RoomJohn B Owen Digital Storytelling With Scratch Coding San Gabriel DCrissie Fowler • Wimberley Krueger FEATURED SPONSOR SESSION: Oracle Academy - Excite Your Students by Adding Engaging New Projects to Your CS Curriculum : Join Oracle Academy and Learn About Our Newest 3-D Project! San Gabriel HCassi Elliott • Lisa Palombo Hidden in Plain Sight: Discovering STEM Potential BELFORT Meeting RoomLeslie Diamond Teaching Resources for the Elementary Classroom San Gabriel KRebecca Cullums Making Coding Meaningful San Gabriel AHeather Brown Google CS First AMES Meeting RoomGianna Colson Math != CS San Gabriel BAllen Antoine • Matthew Cushing What Equity Really Looks Like in Computer Science Education San Gabriel GDeborah Kariuki

1:45pm CDT

Student Playground and Drone Demo Atrium and DeckTexas students and their sponsors along with On Poynt Aerial Solutions

2:30pm CDT

Equity and Inclusion for the Non-traditional CS Student San Gabriel GRandle Moore Getting You and Your Students Developing with Virtual Reality San Gabriel JRobert Carmichael • Ryan Monaghan • Aaron Schmidlkofer • Henry Vo Hands-On, Minds-On: CS in an Engineering Context San Gabriel CCheryl Farmer • Kyle Fricke • Chris Redmond How WeTeach_CS for HS TAYLOR Meeting RoomJohn B Owen Panel Discussion: Leveraging Industry Professionals for your Computer Science Classroom BELFORT Meeting RoomTonya Davis • John Jannone Ozobots for All! Using Ozobots K-12 and Across the Curriculum San Gabriel DRebecca Hairston PLAY BY PLAY: Computational Thinking for the Creative Arts™ AMES Meeting RoomStacey Abel • Mel Daneke • Taylor Haun • Susan Dias Karnovsky • David Webb Tools for Coding in the Elementary Classroom San Gabriel KAnnie Miller Creating a Texas Cyber Classroom with Free Content San Gabriel HTommy Gober Cybersecurity Resources - What's Informative and Free? San Gabriel BSylvia Wood Project Based Learning (PBL) for Equity in CS classes San Gabriel ACarol Ramsey

3:30pm CDT

15 Min. Break TBA

3:45pm CDT

WTCS Change Maker and Mini-Grant Awards San Gabriel BallroomAmy Carrell

5:00pm CDT

100Kin10 Listening Session San Gabriel HSylvia Wood

7:30am CDT

Breakfast San Gabriel Ballroom Registration FoyerAmy Carrell

8:00am CDT

No Fear CS: Challenging the Status Quo to Advance CSforAll San Gabriel BallroomKamua Bobb, Ph.D.

8:45am CDT

15 Min. Break TBA

9:00am CDT

Euclid in a Snap! San Gabriel CStephen Ornburn 21st Century Computing: Refreshing the ISTE Standards for Computer Science Educators BELFORT Meeting RoomJoe Kmoch • Karen North Effective Strategies for Inclusive and Effective CS Courses San Gabriel GKate Woodward Young If You Invite Them, They Will Come TAYLOR Meeting RoomDeborah Kariuki Exploring Computer Science in Early Elementary Grades San Gabriel KRyan Torbey Teaching Resources for the Elementary Classroom San Gabriel ARebecca Cullums Counselors for Computing AMES Meeting RoomJulie Petrus Drones San Gabriel JRebecca Poynter • Ron Poynter FEATURED SPONSOR SESSION: Texas Instruments, Inc. - Exploring Introductory Robotics with TI-Innovator Rover San Gabriel HToni Norrell • Michelle Rinehart • Pareesa Shirazi In the MOOD to code? San Gabriel DLorelei Cummings • Dayna Kerr • Bridget Streeb Method Acting San Gabriel BCatherine Tabor

10:00am CDT

15 Min. Break TBA

10:15am CDT

Computer Science in the Real World: What Skills do Employers Really Want? San Gabriel CThomas (Tom) Kyle Observations of Computer Networking Protocol Behaviors on Jupyter Notebooks BELFORT Meeting RoomDeniz Gurkan Remixing VR: The Tools, Specs and Steps We Use AMES Meeting RoomHumberto Perez • Carl Settles Coding Playground: Little Bot, Big Tech…Ozobot! TAYLOR Meeting RoomPauline Ritchie Programming Quad Copters in the Classroom San Gabriel AKen Berry Code.org CS Fundamentals San Gabriel HValerie Astorga • Gianna Colson Introduction to Drag-and-Drop Programming with MIT’s Scratch San Gabriel KRyan Torbey Active Recruiting: Get Girls into CS/IT San Gabriel GLecia Barker How to Host ‘Family Code Night’ at Your School” (and build new support for your CS programs!) San Gabriel JJohn Pearce Hacker High School San Gabriel BKim Truett So You Think You Can Dance? San Gabriel DLorelei Cummings • Dayna Kerr • Bridget Streeb

11:15am CDT

15 Min. Break TBA

11:30am CDT

Lunch / Technology by Artists, Musicians and Dancers San Gabriel BallroomDylan Ryder

12:30pm CDT

15 Min. Break TBA

12:45pm CDT

Deeper Learning and Differentiation with HackerRank San Gabriel BTrenton Hall Nybbles and Bits of Cybersecurity Competitions San Gabriel JFrank Hall • Joules Webb Web Based IDEs: Trinket and Repl.it AMES Meeting RoomRobert Carmichael • Ryan Monaghan • Georgia Stuart WeTeach_CS Certification Prep San Gabriel CJohn B Owen Scratch 3.0: New Looks, New Blocks, New Fun San Gabriel KRyan Torbey Get Creative, Get Connected, Get Coding with Micro:bit BELFORT Meeting RoomHal Speed Girls Get IT! Make it happen in your school! San Gabriel GAmmi Ludwick Innovation Summer Camp: The Logistics, Opportunities, and Benefits TAYLOR Meeting RoomMissy Huffty • Erin Kay CONDUCT a Camp - Coding Music with the TI Innovator Hub San Gabriel DLorelei Cummings • Erin Kay • Dayna Kerr • Bridget Streeb Creating a Texas Cyber Classroom with Free Content San Gabriel HTommy Gober Pathways for College Students Seeking Their Computer Science High School Teaching Certification San Gabriel AKatie Donaldson • Amin Lalani • Carol Ramsey • Mary Urquhart

1:45pm CDT

15 Min. Break TBA

2:00pm CDT

How WeTeach_CS for HS San Gabriel CJohn B Owen Implementing Computer Science in Texas High Schools TAYLOR Meeting RoomHal Speed Making Sense of the Internet's Structure San Gabriel ATommy Gober The Hackathon: Create, Learn, Network, and Innovate! San Gabriel BFarrukh Jangda • Victoria Nguyen • Henry Vo CS Through Computer Engineering Design: A Summer Program for K-12 San Gabriel JAllen Antoine • Matthew Cushing Keeping up with Computer Science: Shifting the paradigm San Gabriel KKimberly Lane Clark • Shaina Glass FEATURED SPONSOR SESSION: Launch CS - How to Integrate Computational Thinking (The Right Way) San Gabriel HSarah Brewer, Ed.D. • Grant Smith Micromessaging to Reach and Teach Every Student San Gabriel GAudrey Selden How To Grow Your STEM/CS Program BELFORT Meeting RoomJerald Jolito Math is Ozo-some AMES Meeting RoomValerie Blackburn • Will Flanagin • Lisa Richardson Raspberry Pi in Space San Gabriel DKen Berry

3:00pm CDT

Exhibitor Showcase and Device Petting Zoo AtriumChristian Booty • National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center • Dremel • Nepris, Inc. • Jill Lewis • Discovery Maker • Bryan Miller • Jasen Ritter • KISS Institute for Practical Robotics • UTeach Computer Science • Grant Smith • OnPoynt Aerial Solutions • TEALS • Kim Truett • Vidcode

7:30am CDT

Breakfast San Gabriel Ballroom Registration FoyerAmy Carrell

8:00am CDT

EXHIBITS OPEN (8:00 am to 12:00 pm) AtriumDremel • TEALS • Nepris, Inc. • Vidcode • Christian Booty • National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center • Jill Lewis • Discovery Maker • Bryan Miller • Jasen Ritter • KISS Institute for Practical Robotics • UTeach Computer Science • Grant Smith • OnPoynt Aerial Solutions • Kim Truett

8:15am CDT

#CodeLikeAGirl – Strategies to Recruit and Support Females in K-12 Computing San Gabriel BallroomJoanna Goode • Deborah Kariuki • Debi Pfitzenmaier • Joules Webb

9:15am CDT

15 Min. Break TBA

9:30am CDT

Computer Science Honor Society AMES Meeting RoomJill Westerlund Creating Engaging STEM Activities for Students (6th-12th) BELFORT Meeting RoomDomingo Martinez Pitch Decks and Funding - How to Generate Corporate Support for your Family Code Jam San Gabriel JDebi Pfitzenmaier Cracking the Code - Get Your Elementary Students Coding for Free! TAYLOR Meeting RoomMatthew Garrett • John Moran Technology by Artists, Musicians and Dancers San Gabriel HDylan Ryder Drones San Gabriel DRebecca Poynter • Ron Poynter Game Design - An Applied CS Subject San Gabriel GFiona Moreau Infusing Equity, Access, and Inclusion in Computer Science Classrooms San Gabriel KJoanna Goode

10:30am CDT

15 Min. Break TBA

10:45am CDT

CSP Reading 2018 Feedback and Implications for Instruction AMES Meeting RoomJill Westerlund Unplugged Activities to Get Kids Reading Code San Gabriel GJennifer Reese Grant writing and finding grants San Gabriel JJill Westerlund Virtual Robotics for $20 San Gabriel HJerald Jolito Program On with Python Programming TAYLOR Meeting RoomStephanie Chambers How to Host ‘Family Code Night’ at Your School” (and build new support for your CS programs!) BELFORT Meeting RoomJohn Pearce Code for Change - App Design with a Purpose San Gabriel KEmily Gray • Ian MacIntyre • Rene Wilson Drones San Gabriel DRebecca Poynter • Ron Poynter

11:45am CDT

15 Min. Break TBA

12:00pm CDT

Lunch, Closing Session, and Door Prizes San Gabriel BallroomWalter Doyle